It turned out that Princess Märtha Lousie of Norway, and her new fiancee Ari Behn was late for the screening, so we waited a little longer. When they showed up (finally) Ingeborg Moræus Hansen, chief of cinemas in Oslo, held a speech for the couple, and talked a little bit about the ingeniousity of the film.. Then, it started. Seeing the foggy New Line Cinema logo gave me the chills, it was finally starting, what we had waited 3 years for, and slept two nights in the cold streets in Oslo for "mere" premiere tickets, and here we were, at the screening..

Now, in short terms, I will just tell you what we thought about the movie, without telling much about it. Shivering through the entire start, with Isildur claiming the ring and such, and later, the cozy and farm looking Hobbiton, which I was utterly amazed by.. This entire movie is a masterpiece, litteratic brilliance brought to the big screen. Such things as Tom Bombadil being left out of the movie, did not even concern me while watching it, nor after. They have truly given flesh to the words describing Frodo, Aragorn, Gandalf, and all the others. Sometimes you were frightened, some times almost at the brink of weeping, and oh, all the dramatics, ABSOLULUTELY AMAZING! I truly do not even know what I am typing right now, because the amazement is still deep in me. It has been woven, to almost perfection, everything seems, as it is supposed to be, even though they are not 100% accurate to the books.